News

Speed read: Five things schools need to know about plans for an autumn exam series

The exams regulator Ofqual has launched a consultation on how a new autumn exam series should work.  Summer exams...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Another exam board offers payments instead of furlough

Another exam board has offered pay-offs instead of furlough for some examiners, while committing to returning savings from unspent...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades

Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

Exams have been cancelled – so what happens now?

Robert Half, the American businessman, once said “it’s easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options”....

John Dickens
JONATHAN SIMONS
News

Ofqual consults on new ‘clearer’ malpractice and maladministration guidance

The exams regulator Ofqual wants to replace its current guidance on how exam boards should tackle malpractice and maladministration,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

GCSE results 2019: Six interesting things we have learned

GCSE results are out this morning – here’s your usual handy Schools Week round up of the key trends....

John Dickens
John Dickens
Feature

How to apply for re-marks and appeal GCSE results 2019

GCSE results are on the horizon. If a grade doesn’t seem right, there are still some options available. Each...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Exam board marking league tables delayed by monitoring concerns

Ofqual, the exams regulator, is still trying to find a way to publish data on how the quality of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Exams ‘useless’ for computer science, say experts

Computing experts have questioned the future of the subject in schools after Ofqual launched a consultation on plans to...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson